Go away cold!

We are so ready to kick this stupid cold!  Today is day 4 and seems to have remained the same.  Congested, runny nose, coughing, watery eyes and not sleeping all that great.

We went to the pediatrician yesterday.  Wanted little one looked at before the weekend.  Thankfully, her lungs and ears were clear.  No wheezing, ears were perfect.  Just a nasty cold.  He told me nothing new that I wasn't already doing.  Saline, bulb syringe, warm humidifier, warm bath.  He did mention having her sleeping at an incline to help with drainage.  

Before going to our appointment yesterday, baby girl was coughing like crazy and so congested.  She ate a little and then she started coughing and milk came up.  Both Vivian and I were covered.  Her nose was pouring mucous and her little eyes watering like crazy.  Child couldn't breathe.  Heartbreaking I tell you.  

By the time we got home from the Dr, she was exhausted.  She had been up since 6 am with no nap.  We were at the pediatrician office for 2 hrs and we were with the Dr for no more than 15 minutes.  Ridiculous.   Sweet baby slept for a couple of hours after we got home, but stayed up the rest of the afternoon.  I gave her a nice warm bath and rubbed her chest and the bottom of her feet with Matys All Natural Chest Rub.  Her pediatrician said she was too young for Vics Vapor Rub, but Brian found this at the store that is safe for infants 3 months and up.  Thought it couldn't hurt.  Seemed to help a little.  She only ate 2 ounces of milk before she was out cold.  I let her sleep in her napper and thought maybe she was going to only sleep for a couple of hours thinking it was nap time instead of bedtime.  I heard her coughing and sneezing on the monitor during the night, but just let her do her thing.  She woke again at 4 am this morning coughing so I went ahead to check on her.  She let me use the bulb syringe and she ate 2 more ounces of her bottle from bedtime.  I ran a hot shower and we sat in steam for about 10 minutes which helped a little.  I rocked her to sleep and put her down at 5 am.  

Baby girl woke around 7 am this morning and only had an ounce of milk.  She wanted nothing to do with it.   She just wanted to cuddle...not complaining on that part.  She wanted to go back to sleep but was fighting so hard.  I got her to eat 2 more ounces of milk.  Stupid congestion.  I hate using the bulb syringe.  She now fights me so hard.  Arms everywhere and head moving all around.  I finally pulled out the snot sucker.  Man, I should have using that all along!  Even though she fights me, I can suck out the mucous a whole lot easier.  Highly recommend this aspirator.  After sucking out all that junk,  I attempted another bottle and she FINALLY drank an entire bottle and has now been napping for almost 3 hours.  I hope this is a sign of improvement.  

Side note, BK feels like he's coming down with something.  He's actually has felt this way since Tuesday as well.  Like father like daughter I suppose.  Crossing fingers Vivian will have my immune system.  I have not been sick in 4.5 years.  That's pretty good for someone who worked with the public. 

Sick little baby

My poor baby girl has her first cold.  Yesterday she woke up with a stuffy nose on one side and runny on the other, a little cough and an low-grade fever (99.6).  You could look at her little eyes and tell she didn't feel well.  Thankfully, she lets me use the bulb on her to suck the mucus out of her little nostril.  At times she fights me, but for the most part, she lets me get after it.

She managed to drink her bottle when she woke at 6 am (out of the norm for her), but drank very slowly.   We cuddled on the couch and watched tv.  Her little nose was still stopped up and runny so I made a quick run to Wal-Mart to get her some saline while B was still home before he had to go to work.  She did not care for saline being dropped in her nose, but it did help.  We repeated several times during the day.

I fed her another bottle but she did not want to drink it all.  She only had about 3 ounces.  That's a for sure sign she did not feel well.  I got her to sleep and she napped for about 1.5.  When she woke around 12:30, I gave her another bottle and yet again she didn't drink it all.  I grabbed a few of her favorite little rattles and we curled up on the couch underneath a warm blanket and watched tv.  She played with her rattles for a little bit before falling asleep.

 She slept for about 2 hrs.  It was so nice just laying with her.  Putting everything else aside and just being with your sick baby.  When she woke, she looked at me with the biggest smile.  She still wasn't feeling well, but she did finally was able to finish her bottle which was a good sign.  She still had a slight fever, 99.3 which was down from 99.6 when she woke up yesterday morning.

She got her warm bath at 6:30, bottle and was put down to sleep.  I checked on her around 10 pm last night and when I opened the door she was awake.  She saw me and smiled and starting kicking her legs.  I closed the door quickly.  I told B she saw me.  Crap.  I'm always afraid she's awake when I check on her and last night she was.  I listened closely to see if she makes a sound and thank goodness she didn't.  She did cough a little, but didn't cry any.  She knows its night, night time.

At 4 am this morning I heard her on the monitor talking to herself.  Again, I didn't go to her because it wasn't time for her to get up and she wasn't crying.  Yes. I'm one of those Mom's that doesn't run to my child at every beckon call.  If she's not crying our sound like she's in distress, I let her do her little thing and fall back to sleep.  

Vivian woke a little after 7 am this morning seemed to be feeling a little better.  He fever was gone, but her nose was still runny.    She had her bottle and played a little.  We did cuddle on the couch more.

You can tell by her little eyes she's not 100%.

She's napping now and I hope she'll sleep for a little while.  We are going to take it easy and be completely lazy.  Hoping she'll start feeling better very very soon.

I love you baby girl!